Why Politicians Cover Up Animal Cruelty (Ep. 34)

The Simple Heart w/ Wayne Hsiung

There was a bloody ritual unfolding just a few minutes from the DNC…

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-9:00 What was happening while the Democratic National Convention was happening, animal rights issues is bipartisan problem, & ventilation shutdown (legally killing animals by roasting animals alive)

Chapter 2) 9:01-19:50 The public, political, & corporate causes of the animal rights moral crisis

Chapter 3) 19:51- 29:44 What is preference falsification, on Cass Sunstein, & on Ezra Klein

Chapter 4) 29:45-39:41 Why are we scared to publicly talk about animal rights, & how to create social & legal change for animals

Chapter 5) 39:42-46:51 The ten words to remember when starting & continuing your activism

Chapter 6) 46:52-48:12 Final thoughts & leave a comment

Chapter 7) 48:13-48:29 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Links:

“Climate Change and Animals” by Wayne Hsiung & Cass R. Sunstein:

https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol155/iss6/7/

“What animal activists can learn from historical upheavals” by Cass Sunstein:

https://www.newstatesman.com/author/casssunstein

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Opinion:

NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL ET AL. v.

ROSS, SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ET AL.:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-468_5if6.pdf

“Court upholds California animal-welfare law” by Amy Howe:

https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/05/court-upholds-california-animal-welfare-law/

“Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks” by Duncan J. Watts & Steven H. Strogatz:

https://www.nature.com/articles/30918